After a belly dance performance was completed, there were one hundred thousand people in the audience. The scene was filled with wails across the wilderness, some laughing wildly while rolling on the ground, some vomiting unceasingly, it was quite spectacular.
Yan Jiwen's old face instantly turned extremely pale, his gaze like a knife, carrying a billowing violent aura locked onto Lin Chen!
With his Battle Spirit Realm 9th level cultivation, crushing a youngster who didn't even have Spirit Connecting Realm cultivation would be easy as pie, wouldn't it?
Just as Yunfan Shangguan immediately blocked in front of Lin Chen, with a wave of his hand, he dispelled the almost gaseous aura pressure that was crushing over.
No matter what, today's Lin Chen was their Shangguan family's savior. Even if it meant offending this 24 Star Diviner, they had to stand by Lin Chen immediately!
"Oh, Master Yan, why bother arguing with a young junior, right? Speaking of which, I haven't let you taste our Myriad Spirits City's specialty Kuischeng Spirit wine yet, come come come, this time I will treat you well in the City Lord's residence."
The fat guy in yellow robes immediately came out to smooth things over, with a full smiling face, which finally eased Yan Jiwen's expression as he coldly humphed and stroded away with his robes fluttering.
"Hehe, little brother Yunfan, you've picked up a treasure this time with this youngster. I'll go appease that old guy first, come chat when you're free."
The fat guy in yellow robes secretly transmitted to Shangguan Yunfan, the two were longtime old friends, and understood with just a look in each other's eyes.
After the two left, Shangguan Yunfan smiled at Lin Chen.
"Master Shilezhi, are you satisfied with this outcome?"
"So-so, I could have handled him myself. If you hadn't stood out just now, your Shangguan family's ancestral shrine would have immediately reverted back to its original state."
A hint of dangerous smile hung on the corners of Lin Chen's mouth, and Shangguan Yunfan felt even more that this boy's origins were mysterious!
He didn't even have Spirit Connecting Realm cultivation, yet dared to say he could handle a Battle Spirit Realm 9th level? If he said he didn't have any trump cards, even ghosts wouldn't believe it!
"Master Shilezhi, please be at ease, your kindness to my Shangguan family, we will engrave it in our hearts, we are definitely not ungrateful people."
Shangguan Yunfan spoke sincerely, but this scene looked different to outsiders, the head of the Shangguan family was actually being so polite to a young man, could he be that mysterious figure who just made Master Yan lose the bet earlier?
"Spare me the fancy talk, we were interrupted just now, now let's talk about the compensation, if it's short by a penny, your ancestral shrine will immediately revert back and immediately close down the same day."
Lin Chen waved his hand, and Shangguan Yunfan broke into a cold sweat, why was this brat as sly as an old fox, how could he be like a teenager in his teens!
"Master please, let's return to my residence to discuss compensation in detail."
Shangguan Yunfan led everyone away, and many commoners cast curious glances at Lin Chen.
...
Shangguan Residence; Main Hall Council Chamber. The atmosphere in the hall was heavy, with many elders gathered here.
"What? His compensation is for our Shangguan family's Purple Golden Eye cultivation manual?"
"Impossible! This is passed down by our ancestors, it can only be given to our descendants for cultivation, it absolutely cannot be spread outside."
"But what does he want our cultivation manual for, without our Shangguan bloodline, he can't cultivate it anyway!"
After Lin Chen returned to the Shangguan residence, the first thing he did was enter a secret chamber to close up.
His compensation request was also very simple, it was their Shangguan family's entire set of 'Purple Golden Eye' cultivation secrets, other than that, all he wanted were some medicinal herbs he needed for pill refining, which was negligible to the Shangguan residence.
"If we don't follow the ancestral precepts, aren't we betraying our ancestors!"
"But if he closes our ancestral shrine again, then..."
"Then we'll go all out, give him some compensation, if he doesn't know better, get rid of him!"
"No! How could our Shangguan residence do such banditry, besides, this boy's depths are still unrevealed, if we make a move, we may have to pay a terrible price."
"We absolutely cannot disregard our ancestry precepts!"
"So for the sake of stubbornly adhering to conventions, we should abandon the entire family?"
While the elders were locked in heated debate, Shangguan Yunfan spoke.
"Elders, stop arguing! We must abide by the ancestry precepts, but we must also repay kindness, I will think of a foolproof plan to safeguard the maximum interests of both sides."
At this, all the elders looked at Shangguan Yunfan in shock, was there still a win-win choice in this situation?
"This matter ends here for now, I will speak with Master Shi tonight."
Having said that, Shangguan Yunfan left the council chamber, leaving only two elders with a gleam flashing in their eyes, already smiling.
"So that's how it is, there really is a win-win solution."
Shangguan Residence; Rear Garden, a secret chamber loft.
Father and daughter stood here, Shangguan Yunfan and Shangguan Bihan.
"Dad, why did you suddenly call me to big brother Lin Chen's place?"
Shangguan Bihan asked curiously, and Shangguan Yunfan smiled.
"Oh, you're calling him big brother already."
Shangguan Bihan's pretty face flushed red, grumbling coquettishly: "Daddy~~!"
"Bihan, dad asks you, what do you think of this young man?"
Shangguan Bihan was startled by this question, her cheeks slightly red, her face blooming into a smile: "He's very special, more unique than any man Bihan has seen, acting without rhyme or reason yet extraordinary."
"Since your impression of this brat isn't bad, dad has decided to betroth you to him, to make him a part of our Shangguan family, what do you think?"
When Shangguan Yunfan probed his daughter, her expression abruptly changed, "Dad, how can you do this! What if it causes big brother Lin Chen trouble, also, you didn't even ask Bihan, how can you decide so arbitrarily."
"Bihan, your dad is stuck riding a tiger here. This little guy outright asked for our Shangguan family's Purple Golden Eye cultivation manual, you also know about our ancestry precepts, this is our lifeline, even if our family is destroyed we absolutely cannot let it spread outside."
Shangguan Yunfan deeply sighed, Shangguan Bihan's pretty face flushed red, stomping her feet in anger, "But you can't use Bihan's lifelong happiness as bargaining chip either! Dad, I'm really angry now!"
Shangguan Bihan turned and left, and Shangguan Yunfan didn't stop her, only sighing.
Within the closed secret chamber;
Boom~~!
A battle aura billowing with five colored xia, capable of moving mountains and overturning seas, surged out from Lin Chen's body, shaking the secret chamber with rustling sounds, before withdrawing back into his body.
"Didn't expect that the attribute light ball I picked up in the Shangguan residence allowed me to directly step into the Spirit Connecting Realm in one go."
Opening his eyes, the light in them flashed brilliantly!
Spirit Connecting Realm; battle aura connects, can internally view a martial artist's five viscera six bowels, battle aura takes shape, offense and defense in one.
Lin Chen opened the system panel, and a status info bar popped up.
【Host: Lin Chen
Cultivation: Spirit Connecting Realm 1st Level
Max Strength: 10641 tiger power.
Vitality Energy: 751734 points.
Battle Aura Essence: 293592 points.
Spiritual Force: 13158 points.
Technique Divinity: 10458 points.
Heart Law: Chaos Five Spirits Formula (16%)
Learned Techniques: Thunderclap Divine Sword Technique, Heaven Spirit Transformation Pill Art, True Water Returning Origin Art (15%), Soul Stealing Spear Manual, Seal of the Four Demon Kings, Taishi Bible (2%).
Possessions (Manuals): Seven Stars Soul Stealing Spear.
Bloodline Energy: Green Dragon Bloodline (45 points), Purple Golden Eye Bloodline (10000 points)
Rune: Slow Talisman 1st lvl (Rune Energy 1175 points)
Elemental Energies: Fire 41581 pts, Earth 48212 pts, Wood 46715 pts, Metal 47872 pts, Water 52188 pts.】
"The more elemental energy types I collect, the stronger the heart law boost granted by the Chaos Five Spirits Formula. My pure strength has also reached ten thousand tiger power, even if I encounter Battle Spirit Realm without using Slow Talisman, I can wrestle with them!"
Lin Chen circulated his heart law for a cycle of heaven, and discovered his battle aura recovery speed had increased by over 70% compared to before!
Just as Lin Chen was feeling quite satisfied with this improvement, a knocking sound came from outside the secret chamber.
"Master Shi, regarding the compensation, we have discussed an answer. Is it convenient now?"
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
